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OPEN-THROAT-HORSE-COLLAR COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 665,839, dated January8, 1901. Application led February 17, 1899. Serial No. 705,841. (Nomorlei;

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CYRUS C. ROSE, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Blair, in the county of Vashingt-on and State of Nebraska,have invented a new and useful OpenrIhroat-Ilorse-Collar Coupling, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to horse-collars that open at the lower end orthroat; and the objects of my improvement are, first, to provide acoupling by which an ordinary whole-throat collar may be easily cut inhalves and made adjustable to t the lateral thickness of the horsesneck; secon d, to provide a sleeve-coupling that can be removably andadjustably attached to the end of one of the halves, and, third, amongother minor objects more speciiically hereinafter set forth, to providea rm semipliable sleeve-coupling that will effectually couple andpreserve the ends of the halves of the collar, resist exterior wear, andpresent a smooth pliable inner surface to the horses throat.construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figurel is an under side view of the coupling separate from the collar. Fig. 2is a 1ongitudinal section on the broken lines g of Figs. l and 3. Fig. 3is a cross-section on the broken lines h of Figs. l and 2, and Fig. 4 isAa detailed View in perspective of the block employed in Fig. 2.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A common Whole horse-collar cut apart at the throat and the ends cappedwith leather cut in the shape of the ends 2 and 2 and sewed on in theusual manner is ready to receive my adjustable sleevecoupling,which ismade and attached as follows: I construct a sleeve of longitudinalcurvature to fit the curve of the lower end or throat of the collar. Theouter periphery or lower front face of this sleeve is a metal plate 7 ofrequired cross-curvature to it on and between the belly 2 and rim 3along the outer groove or seam of the collar, as shown in Fig. 3, thelongitudinal edges 7' and 7" being rabbeted to receive the correspondingedges of the leather part 10, which is fastened thereto preferably bythe rivets 13 13, as shown in Fig. 1, which completes the sleeve. Nearone end of this sleeve is I attain these objects by the the slot l2 inthe part 7 and a slot l2' in the leather part l0 registering with eachother and with the groove or seam of the collar and arranged lengthwisetherewith. An end of the half-collar is inserted at the end of thesleeve having the slot l2 and the screw-bolt et close-fitted through aperforation at the seam registering with the slots l2 and l2', as shownin Figs. 2 and 3. The head of the bolt is provided with a beveled washer5 to overlap the leather part l0, and the nut 6 is seated flush in amortise in the outer face of the part 7, so that it will not interferewith the hamestrap.

For convenience the plate 7 is provided at its lower edge with themartingale-loop 9 and has in front of the groove the lug or hook 8 toprevent the hame-strap, and with it the haines, being drawn forward outof the groove of the collar.

In operation the end of the collar carrying the screw-holt l will whenthe bolt is loosened by unscrewing slide in toward the center of thesleeve or outward until the bolt strikes the outer end of the slot 12and may be securely fastened at these or any intermediate positions byscrewing home the screwbolt, and the opposite end of the sleeve servesas a close-fitting socket to removably receive the end of the other halfof the collar, which is retained therein by the llame-strap, but in noother way.

When a collar is too large or too Wide at the throat, a central sectionmay be cut away and the ends properly capped; but if too narrow or smallthe ends may be separated in the sleeve to correct this fault and thesleeve shifted on the end to which it is attached to bring it to acentral position at the throat.

In some instances it is found expedient to interpose a atsided block ofWood l1 between the capped ends within the sleeve; but this is notgenerally necessary even where the ends are far apart in the sleeve.

The metal plate 7 gives the necessaryv IOO Having fully described myinvention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1 l. The combination Withahorse-collaropen at its throat, and the usualhame-strap; of a coupling for the collar ends consisting of a sleeveloosely surrounding and receiving both of them and longitudinallyslotted in its front and back plates near one end, and a bolt passingthrough one collar end and adjustably engaging said slots, the othercollar end being held in place by said hame-strap.

2. A sleeve-coupling for an open-throat horse-collar consisting of ametal plate depressed at its transverse center and shaped to fit theouter contour of the collar, a leather sheet tting over the inner sideof the collar and riveted at its edges to said plate, lugs and loops onthe latter at opposite sides of its transverse center, a fastening-boltpassing through the leather sheet, one collar end only,

and the metal plate, and having its head countersunk and its nutstanding Within the depression in the outer face of the plate, and meansfor holding the unbolted collar end detachably Connected With thesleeve.

3. As a new article of manufacture, the herein -deseribed coupling foropen throat horse-collars consisting of a sleeve shaped to receive thecollar ends, a block having at sides and movably filling but unattachedto said sleeve at its center and at one side of which one collar end isloosely inserted in but unattached to said sleeve, a bolt through alongitudinal slot in the other collar end adjustably fastening it Withinthe other end of the sleeve, and exterior means for holding the collarends adjustably in position.

GYRUS C. ROSE.

Witnesses:

ABRAHAM D. ROSE, CHAS. A. DARLING.

